# Elasticsearch Java API for Index Templates

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-java-api-for-index-templates/33563>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [November 2, 2015, 8:34pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-java-api-for-index-templates/33563 "2015-11-02T20:34:27Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Curtis\_Ruck](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/curtis_ruck/32/110075_2.png) [@Curtis\_Ruck](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Curtis_Ruck)\
**Post date:** [November 2, 2015, 8:34pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-java-api-for-index-templates/33563/1 "2015-11-02T20:34:27Z")

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Is there a Java API for creating Index Templates? I'm looking at how to create/check index templates to ensure they are correct.

I've always used default-mappings, and now that 2.0 has removed support for default-mappings, i'm having to find an alternative way of ensuring that index templates are present.

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**Author:** ![Curtis\_Ruck](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/curtis_ruck/32/110075_2.png) [@Curtis\_Ruck](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Curtis_Ruck)\
**Post date:** [November 2, 2015, 8:40pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-java-api-for-index-templates/33563/2 "2015-11-02T20:40:46Z")

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Found what I was looking for under the admin().indices() API location.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2017, 11:41pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-java-api-for-index-templates/33563/3 "2017-07-05T23:41:11Z")

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